N.Y. Today: Eric Adams’s First Big Task as Mayor: Reopening Schools in the New Year

December 24, 2021

Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Eric Adams's First Big Task as Mayor: Reopening Schools in the New Year

New York City's school system experienced by far the most chaotic and disrupted days of the fall semester this week, as virus cases rose across the city.

By Eliza Shapiro

New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square is scaled back as Omicron spreads.

Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement on the same day New York reported its highest recorded daily coronavirus case total ever.

By Karen Zraick

The Dreaded Return of the 'Park Hang'

In the midst of a new Covid surge, New Yorkers are bracing themselves for another chilly season of outdoor "fun."

By Alex Williams

Toys 'R' Us Tries to Come Back, Four Years After Bankruptcy

The retailer, which had closed all its U.S. stores, has resurfaced at the American Dream mall in New Jersey, just in time for the holidays.

By Kevin Armstrong

Upstate Man Is Fatally Shot by State Trooper

State Police said Mark Beilby, 24, who died on Wednesday, had repeatedly refused to drop a knife and had "advanced at the trooper."

By Jesse McKinley

'It Felt So New York': One Year on the Subway

The city has begun to recover from the pandemic in fits and starts. Throughout, the world underneath the streets has mirrored the suffering, and joys, of the city above.

By Ali Kate Cherkis

Trump Fraud Inquiry Won't Be Resolved When Vance's Term Ends Next Week

After leading a three-year investigation into the former president, the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., will hand it to his successor.

By Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Jonah E. Bromwich

Virus surges in New York City's homeless shelters.

Known cases have quintupled in three weeks. Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he doesn't plan to return the homeless to hotel rooms, as the city did earlier in the pandemic.

By Andy Newman